Stories for 2022

Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Chilean police launch major search for British astrophysicist disappeared in the Atacama Desert

Chilean police have launched a major search for a British scientist who has gone missing in the north of the country. Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood to have been working.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Leveraged loan to help Latam airlines exit from bankruptcy

Fresh air for highly indebted Latam, probably still the largest Latin American air carrier. In effect, a group of banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has launched a leveraged loan sale that will support Latam Airlines Group SA’s exit from bankruptcy.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Leak from military brass shows Chile's concerns over current issues

Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernandez was summoned back to Santiago at the earliest time possible after classified documents involving the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the relationship between President Gabriel Boric Font and his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández went public.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
England announces pause in “fracking moratorium” to bolster energy security

$UK had halted fracking, or hydraulic fracking, in 2019 over fears that the procedure could trigger earthquakes.$

The UK government on Thursday lifted England's moratorium on the fracking process to extract oil and gas, saying the move aims to shore up energy security as Russia cuts gas deliveries amid tensions over its invasion of Ukraine and the intensification of the war.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Tourists leave hundreds of millions of dollars in Argentina

Foreign tourists have left US$ 850 million in Argentina during the recent winter recess, Buenos Aires authorities reported this week. The local government also said 4,510,000 visitors had entered the country through all border crossings, of whom 2,312,000 were leisure travelers.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Spanish coalition plans a “wealth” tax on the richest 1% to support “the middle class and workers”

Spain's fragile left-wing coalition government plans to slap a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country's population to help pay for inflation and cost of living relief measures.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland

For the first time in the century of its existence, Northern Ireland has more residents who identify as Catholic than those calling themselves Protestants, a census has shown, according to results published on Thursday.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina's Upper House okays Supreme Curt enlargement

Argentina's Senate Thursday passed the bill to enlarge the Supreme Court from 5 to 15 judges. The bill now passes on to the Lower House for further parliamentary treatment.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Latin America and US agree to sack IDB president, a Trump appointment

The fourteen governors on the board of the multilateral Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have voted unanimously to recommend firing President Mauricio Claver-Carone, Latin American sources revealed on Thursday.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Princess Anne thanks Royal Navy personnel involved in the Queen's funeral

The Princess Royal visited Portsmouth Naval Base on Thursday to offer her personal thanks to sailors involved in Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral. Princess Anne spoke to the men and women about their role hauling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing the Queen’s coffin and lining the streets of London and Windsor.